Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) and Temple-Inland in the US have reached an agreement with Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to IP’s acquisition of Temple-Inland for ...
Tags: paper and packaging, corrugated packaging, building products
UK-based packaging firm Northern Paper Board has announced plans for a £2m plus investment and development program. The company has committed £500,000 to new automated machinery and technology over the next four months. ...
Reuters reported that finnish nickel miner Talvivaara postponed the restart of mining at its site in the east of the country by six months due to rain-related problems, raising fresh concerns over its future metals production. One analyst ...
Tags: mining, nickel miner, Talvivaara, nickel output
APP reported that Pakistan cement export from the country during last four months of current financial year posted 17.30% growth as about 2,641,573 tonnes of cement worth USD 190.03 million exported. Data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics ...
Google could still face a multi-billion euro fine as European competition authorities debate if the company has gone far enough to ease concerns about abuse of its dominant market position. Microsoft and smaller rivals in the ...
Tags: EC, delay Google, resolve EU antitrust, market position
Swiss agribusiness company Syngenta has opened a $100m sugarcane processing plant in Brazil. The sugar produced at the plant will be exported to China. Syngenta sugarcane business director Daniel Bachner said that China's increasing ...
Tags: sugarcane processing, sugarcane business, demand for sugar
An unusual new LED downlight fitting from Flos combines desirable beam characteristics with flexible aesthetic detailing through the use of acrylic 'pipes'. Peter Stuart sees BDP's Mark Ridler put it through a bench test ...
The Chinese-built Geely MK small car has been recalled in Australia after asbestos was found inside two of the vehicle's engine components. All three of Australia's cut-price Chinese passenger vehicle brands have now been involved in an ...
German luxury car maker BMW has sought permission from the Chinese government to increase its annual production by 80%, from the current 200,000 to 360,000 units. The carmaker's 50-50 Chinese joint venture, BMW Brilliance Automotive ...
German luxury car manufacturer Audi's Indian subsidiary, Audi India, has recorded 50% rise in its sales in April with 562 cars sold, when compared to the 375 cars sold during the corresponding month last year. During the period from ...
Tags: luxury car, Audi, luxury SUV segment, carmaker
China has recorded 5.2% rise in auto sales in April when compared to the same period last year, while auto production has increased 7.81% during the period. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the country has ...
The BMW Group in the US (BMW and MINI combined) has reported April sales of 26,793 vehicles, up 6.1% compared with the 25,247 vehicles sold in the same month previous year. BMW Group has sold 102,522 in the first four months of 2012, a ...
Tags: BMW group, april sales, vehicles, solid growth
The history of the Man ethnic minority (also called the Manchu) dates back almost1, 400 years to the Sui (581 - 618) and Tang (618 - 907) Dynasties. The Man originated in the Jurchen tribes of north east China. Having established both the ...
Ask any retailer. We were blessed with great spring weather in North America this year, and now there aren’t nearly enough bikes in the channel to meet demand. Dealers blame suppliers for not building the right number. Suppliers ...
This two-part entry is actually the second half of my previous post about why there weren’t nearly enough bikes in model year 2012 and why we don’t seem to be able to do anything about the chronic under- or over-supply of ...
Tags: bikes, Model Years